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"To the world you might be one person, but to one person you just might be the world".
"The only thing necessary for evil to exist is for good people to do nothing."

Wisdom From Pirke Avot

Simon the Just…used to say,
“Upon three things the world stands:
On Torah, on (Divine) Service, and on Deeds of Lovingkindness.”
Pirke Avot 1:2

Ben Zoma said,
“Who is wise? The one who learns from all people…
“Who is mighty?  The one who subdues the evil inclination…
“Who is rich? The one who rejoices in his portion….
“Who is honored? The one who honors other human beings….”
Pirke Avot 4:1

The Most Important Part of Studying Torah

The most important element in validating interpretations of the written and oral Torah is the concept of Mesorah. Mesorah is the greatest proof to the authenticity of any concept, practice, or interpretation.

Although the seven Noahide laws have their origins in Adam and Noah, God chose to transmit and preserve them via Moses and the giving of the Torah at Sinai. This placed the Seven Mitzvos within the structure and system of Torah study and learning. Therefore, the seven Noahide laws must be interpreted and understood within the context of the Torah.

This point cannot be stressed enough: Jewish, and therefore Noahide, study and interpretation of the Torah is unique and unlike the study of any other religious texts.

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The Truth About the Ger

 

Don't ever be afraid of seeking truth or speaking the truth, as it says in

Proverbs 12:19...

Truthful lips will be established forever, But a lying tongue is only for a moment

Are Noahides Allowed to Pray?

For Noahides, prayer is considered a mitzvah when performed in response to personal needs or circumstances. If one experiences challenges for which he does not pray, his lack of response is tantamount to a denial of God as the sovereign ruler of all things and all events. When one does pray in such circumstances, it demonstrates reliance and belief in the Creator.

When a Noahide prays to give thanks or praise absent a personal need, he still receives reward for such prayer even though it is not of the same nature as prayer prompted by personal needs.

As with all personal prayers, there are no fixed texts for Noahide prayer. Since all Noahide prayer is essentially personal prayer, it is ideally expressed using sincere words from the heart.

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Tools For Noahide Torah Study

The journey of Noahide Torah study is endless in depth and has no destination.  You will realize this when your very essence proclaims, "the more I learn, the less I know"!  Before you make this proclamation remember that it is a mitzvot for a Noahide to study the Noahide Laws and apply them in every aspect of their life.  After you make that proclamation you will realize and appreciate why it is a mitzvot for a Noahide to study the Noahide Laws and apply them. The study of Torah is what gives us our awe of the Creator.  The more we study the more awe we gain.

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What is Good in Elokim's Eyes

Idolatry: Article No. 3

IDOLATRY-3: What is Good in ELoKiM’s Eyes?

Know your CREATOR, know yourself and know the difference

1: Daily Judgment

We are learning about the IDOLATRY Commandment, which PROHIBITS the worshipping of idols; as the second of the Ten Commandments says: “Thou shall have no other gods over my face…” etc. It is a NEGATIVE Commandment, yet there is a POSITIVE aspect of it: The obligation to know whom should we worship. For that, G-d started the Ten Commandments (which are relevant to Noahides as well as to Israel) by saying “I Am YHVH, your ELoHiM, Who took you out of Egypt.” Here the Speaker (G-d) presents Himself by a series of titles and names which we are OBLIGATED to know and understand.

Hence we stared our journey by searching for the meaning of ELoKiM. As it turns out, the Torah starts by presenting Him in the first verse of Genesis that says: “At the Beginning, ELoHiM created the heavens and the Earth.” The verse does not say G-d but rather ELoKiM, which means JUDGE. In fact, the entire first Chapter of Genesis defines ELoHiM’s deeds. He is both the CREATOR and the JUDGE. At the end of Chapter one the Torah introduces another Attribute (of the infinite, nameless CREATOR) named YHVH, the Merciful One.

Last class we learned the ‘features’ of ELoKiM. We derive them by observing Nature, and by learning the Torah text. Then we learned about Him from the second verse which says that ELoHiM’s Sspirit (Wind) was hovering over the waters.“ The verse means, we’ve said, that His Throne of Justice is hovering over the water, and that His justice penetrates everything lile water, and is even to everyone like water’s surface. He executes His punishments by Water, like in Noah’s Flood.

Toda y we’ll follow the text and ask: What is GOOD in ELoKiM eyes? The question arises because at the end of almost every Day of CREATION, apart from Day two, the verse says that

“ELoKiM saw that it is GOOD, and there was an evening and there was a morning, One Day” (or third Day, fourth Day and so on)

Thus at the end of each Day, ELoKiM passed a judgment on the passing Day that He had just finished to see whether or not it was GOOD. Hence we ask, what constitutes GOOD in ELoKiM’s eyes? The question is important since we too are judged by Him.

2: Several options of what is GOOD in ELoKiM’s eyes

The commentaries offer several explanations for the term GOOD. They are all valid. Like a diamond whose beauty depends on the different slanted surfaces that sends sparkles all over, so is the Torah’s verse. You can’t define the Name ELoHiM by just one aspect or one angle. You need ‘seventy’ faces to explain each facet of the CREATOR. So here are seven such explanations of what constitute ‘GOOD’ in ELoHiM’s eyes:

1. ELoKiM was ‘pleased.’
The term ‘GOOD’ can simply mean that ELoKiM was ‘feeling good,’ that He was pleased with His work. In fact, Kabala says that the most primordial reason for CREATION existence is that the CREATOR wished to Feel GOOD (nachat ruach.) Man’s tasks, therefore, is to make Him feel GOOD about us.

2: GOOD means COMPLIED with His Law
Another explanation of the term GOOD relates to ELoKiM as a JUDGE. He deems a Day as GOOD, if it has complied with His Natural Laws. It infers that any item which has not complied were deemed NOT GOOD and eliminated at the end of the Day.

For instance: When creating the Trees, ELoKiM said: “Let the land bring forth grass, herb yielding seed, and fruit trees yielding fruits.” The Trees, however, developed a hard ‘skin,’ kelipah, despite His order to bring forth just fruits. ELoKiM judged the Trees and decided to allow the ‘skin’ to survive. The term kelipa has become a metaphor for anything that has survived despite its rebellion against ELoHiM’s wish. We harbor a kelipa in our soul, which is our ‘bad inclination’ that drives us to disobey Him and violate His Commandments.

3: GOOD is VIALBE, ENDURING
The term “GOOD” also means ‘viable’, enduring, strong.
For instance, when the daughter of Pharaoh first saw Moses floating over the River Nile, she saw that the baby was ‘good.’ It means the baby was healthy, viable, and would survive. (There are other explanations for Moses as ‘good.’)

4. GOOD means ‘strong’
ELoKiM is perceived here as a Builder of a Six Floors Building, the Six Days of CREATION. At the end of each Day, the Builder checks the last Floor whether or not it is strong to carry another Floor on top. He checks the poles, and ceiling, the walls, and decides whether or not it is GOOD, solid, strong. If the Floor is not GOOD, he would eliminate it and start it all over again.

This explains why ELoKiM passed a judgment each Day (apart from the second) at the junction between the passing Day and the new Day. At that moment a judgment was made whether to allow the items created to enter the next Day.
Thus each creature, small or big, has a task: to support the creatures of the next Day. The Vegetation of the Third Day was GOOD because they served and supported the fish, birds and cattle born later. The Cattle are GOOD since they support the BEASTS, and so on.
This applies to Man too. At the end of our Sixth Day we will be judged whether or not we are ready to enter the next, Seventh Day; the Eternal Sabbath. If we are NOT GOOD in ELoKIM’s eyes, we would be eliminated as many other creatures before us.

5: GOOD means that it fits His Plan
‘GOOD’ also means ‘fit.’ ELoKiM, the Builder, finds the passing Day to be GOOD if it fits His Master Plan for the entire Building. CREATION therefore did not happen at random, but rather according to a Plan.

6: ‘GOOD’ means ‘beautiful.’
“GOOD” also means “good to the eye,” or beautiful. Here lies the notion that the CREATOR is a JUDGE, BUILDER, KING FATEHR and an Artist. This last notion of the CREATOR as an artist has brought Abraham to recognize the CREATOR, as we’ll learn.

3: Adam has to be VERY GOOD

Let’s note that with Adam, ELoHiM raised his yardstick by which He measures thing and Hew would not be satisfied until Adam is deemed VERY GOOD. This comes out of the verses. At the end of our Day, the Sixth Day, it says that “And ELoKiM saw everything that He has done and behold, it was Very GOOD.” For us, being GOOD is not good enough. We must excel and be VERY GOOD, and please Him a lot. Wahht exactly does it means? We’ll learn in due course.

Having discussed the term ‘GOOD’ in His eyes, we follow the text and ask: What are His deeds? Only by knowing this, we would understand Him better.

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